Web site operated by the Central Intelligence Agency is marking visitors with a unique identification tag or "cookie" that violates federal privacy guidelines and the agency's own privacy policy., according to Public Information Research, a non-profit group. The CIA's Electronic . . . . Web site operated by the Central Intelligence Agency is marking visitors with a unique identification tag or "cookie" that violates federal privacy guidelines and the agency's own privacy policy., according to Public Information Research, a non-profit group. The CIA's Electronic Reading Room site, which provides online access to previously released CIA documents, places a "persistent" cookie on visitors' computers when they visit the site. Designed to remain on the visitor's computer until December 2010, the cookie contains the user's Internet protocol address as well as a unique identification number, Newsbytes has confirmed. The use of persistent cookies at was first discovered by Public Information Research, a Texas-based non-profit. The link for this article located at Newsbytes is no longer available. . The Federal Bureau of Investigation's online portal implements tracking cookies that compromise national privacy regulations.. CIA Website, Privacy Issues, Visitor Tracking, Persistent Cookie, Internet Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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